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Travelers: 10 Tips to Protect Yourself Against Bedbugs

Nighty night.  Sleep tight.  And don’t let the bedbugs bite! This was an oft heard phrase from my childhood.  However, in my 53 years, I don’t think I have ever actually seen a bedbug.  Nor, to my knowledge, have I ever been bitten by one. They are actually quite ugly bugs.  Don’t you think? I was reading a press release... Read More

What Do You Think of the New Wisconsin Law That Bans Smoking in all Hotel Guest Rooms?

USA Today’s Barbara De Lollis is reporting that Wisconsin in July passed a statewide smoking ban that bans smoking in every hotel guest room. From USA Today: “In most states that have banned smoking in public places, such as Kansas, the legislation allows hoteliers to exempt a certain percentage of guest rooms. But in Wisconsin,... Read More

Photograph: Hurricane Earl From the International Space Station

This photograph possesses three things important to any traveler:  travel (albeit space travel), weather (Hurricane Earl), and very cool lodging (International Space Station). Photographed by an Expedition 24 crew member on the International Space Station, this is an oblique view that shows the eye (just left of center) of Hurricane Earl.... Read More

Huge News for The Roaming Boomers!

We were recently asked to participate in a national “Battle of the Travel Bloggers” by the fine folks over at the Kiwi Collection. This not only gives us our first national exposure, but also rewards us with a nice travel prize if we can deliver the most traffic to our article within a 24 hour period. Therefore, please share in... Read More

Do not Forget the 3-1-1 Liquid Rule for Carry-Ons When Flying

On our recent 25th wedding anniversary tour of the Caribbean’s most romantic resorts, we overheard a distraught lady bemoaning the fact that the airport security agents had taken most of her toiletries. She had mistakenly thought that the 3-1-1 protocol for transporting carry-on liquids was discontinued. As a reminder, here’s... Read More

Help us Design our Resort Rating System

The Roaming Boomers have visited a fair number of incredible resorts since we launched our enterprise back in February of 2010. We have devised our own system of culling out which resorts we will visit, and many of them are the best of the best.  However, we do find distinct differences in these resorts that we would like to make you aware... Read More

Flying Pasties – Protect Your Privates From TSA Airport Scanners

This made me chuckle. Not too long ago, I wrote an article about Getting Your Private Parts X-Rayed at the Airport. Well, it seems that someone didn’t like getting their private parts x-rayed, so they came up with FlyingPasties.com. “Flying Pasties are NOT your typical ‘Pasty’ or ‘sticker’, they are 2mm... Read More

Phoenix Hotel Accommodations Rank #1 in Value for Money

Phoenix, Arizona’s hotel accommodations  have clinched the #1 spot for hotel.info’s current value for money rating. Phoenix is the new chart leader in the USA. Hotels in Phoenix received the highest customer ratings. Most hotel operators were unable to keep the level of quality offered constant compared with the price demanded,... Read More

Pet Friendly Vacations, Hotels, and Restaurants

When we were staying at The Grand Del Mar Resort in San Diego, we noticed that there were a fair number of pets enjoying the ammenties of this AAA Five-Diamond Resort right alongside their owners. Now, we are not pet owners as we travel too much, and it just doesn’t seem fair to be away so much from man’s best friend. However,... Read More

The Roaming Boomers Visitors Map

The Roaming Boomers on-line travel magazine is visited by people in all 50 of our states. I was doing a little study of our website visitors today, and I noticed that we have been visited by folks in every state of our union.  The visitor map above helps me to understand our penetration in various areas.  The darker the state, the more... Read More

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